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If you haven’t registered yet, the sooner the better! To register, click the orange button above and to the right. You can call our office at 403-678-2538 (M-Th 8:30-3:30) or email info@canmorepreschool.com with questions or to find out current availability. We hope to see you in the fall!

Registration forms can be completed online here, and may be filled out prior to Registration Night. Just be sure to sign in at the meeting.

The registration fee is $45 and can be paid by credit card when you register online, or by cheque or cash at the AGM.

All families who attend Registration Night will either be placed in their class of choice, or, if there is not enough space in a given class, then places will be awarded by lottery. Children of board members are guaranteed their places.

After Registration Night, we will place families who did not attend as space allows. We then continue to accept registrations on a rolling basis, and children will be placed or waitlisted as space allows.

We ask you to complete the online registration before Registration Night if you can, but we will have paper forms at the meeting if necessary.

->>> All positions filled! Thank you! <<<-

We are a parent cooperative. We are run by a board of parent volunteers. Please join the board to have a say in our program! If you volunteer for one of the following positions, your child’s class placement will be guaranteed and the duties will fulfill your volunteer hours for the year.

Voting Members – attend monthly meetings:

CHAIRPERSON

Chairs monthly meetings.

Sits on Finance Committee.

VICE CHAIRPERSON

Coordinates AGLC Casino every 3 years (next one in 2020)

Assists Raffle Coordinator in non-casino years.

Chairs meetings if chairperson cannot attend.

TREASURER

Chairs Finance Committee.

Oversees budgets and bookkeeping.

SECRETARY

Takes minutes at all meetings and distributes them.

REGISTRAR

Conducts 2 parent surveys – in January to gather feedback before the next year’s registration, and June to gather end-of-year feedback.

VOLUNTEER COORDINATOR

Keeps track of families’ volunteer hours.

In September, seeks parents to fill the Room Parent role.

FUNDRAISING COORDINATOR

Oversees subcommittee members.

Organizes one spring fundraiser selling local products.

CHILDREN’S EVENTS COORDINATOR

Schedules classroom special guests based on a calendar and contact list provided by the teachers.

NEWSLETTER COORDINATOR

Assembles the monthly newsletter from material provided by Lindsey and the teachers.

Sub Committee Positions – do not need to attend all monthly meetings:

RAFFLE COORDINATOR:

Solicits prize donations from a list of sponsors in August and September.

Organizes prize packages and applies for raffle license in October.

Duties are complete by December.

This position has been a team of two in the past, and can be split if you have a friend who would like to team up with you.

ARTISANS MARKET ASSISTANTS

Assist the Market Coordinator in the fall leading up to the market.

Must be available to help on the Friday-Sunday of the event in November.

SCHOLASTIC BOOKS COORDINATOR

Distributes monthly book order flyers to families. Places orders and distributes books when they arrive.

Preschool starts for 4-year-olds on Monday, September 11th, and for 3-year-olds on Tuesday, September 12th. The first day of class will be a short orientation accompanied by parents – we will email the details at the beginning of September. The second day of your class will be the first full, drop-off class day.

Lindsey is back in the office as of August 28th, getting ready for students to arrive.

Payment will be due on the first day of class, and Lindsey will email each class before then with more information about what to expect on the first day.

If you have questions you can email info@canmorepreschool.com. See you in September!

FUN

And yet, our classes often look like playtime! The same studies have shown that the most effective approach to early education is a mix of teacher-directed activities and child-directed exploration. Children learn through play.

SOCIALIZATION

As children learn to share and progress from parallel play to cooperative play, they develop their first friendships with peers. Along the way we demonstrate and encourage children to show respect and empathy – for themselves, their peers, their teachers, and visitors to the class – for everyone!

COGNITIVE AND PHYSICAL DEVELOPMENT

With daily opportunities for social play, arts and crafts, stories, songs, physical activity either in the gym or outside, and games that teach colours, shapes, letters, numbers, counting, and patterning, we provide all the materials your child needs to thrive, develop new skills, and move up to kindergarten with confidence.

COMMUNITY

As a non-profit, parent-run, licensed program, founded in 1972, Canmore Preschool has deep roots in our community. We enjoy having parents in the classroom, and welcome many community visitors each year – firefighters, librarians, Alberta Parks educators, RCMP… We want our classes to reflect the diversity and strength of our community!

FUN

And yet, our classes often look like playtime! The same studies have shown that the most effective approach to early education is a mix of teacher-directed activities and child-directed exploration. Children learn through play.

SOCIALIZATION

As children learn to share and progress from parallel play to cooperative play, they develop their first friendships with peers. Along the way we demonstrate and encourage children to show respect and empathy – for themselves, their peers, their teachers, and visitors to the class – for everyone!

COGNITIVE AND PHYSICAL DEVELOPMENT

With daily opportunities for social play, arts and crafts, stories, songs, physical activity either in the gym or outside, and games that teach colours, shapes, letters, numbers, counting, and patterning, we provide all the materials your child needs to thrive, develop new skills, and move up to kindergarten with confidence.

COMMUNITY

As a non-profit, parent-run, licensed program, founded in 1972, Canmore Preschool has deep roots in our community. We enjoy having parents in the classroom, and welcome many community visitors each year – firefighters, librarians, Alberta Parks educators, RCMP… We want our classes to reflect the diversity and strength of our community!

Our administrative assistant Lindsey is off for the summer from June 30 to August 27, 2017. Office hours will resume on August 28th. Preschool classes begin September 11th, 2017.

If you wish to register your child over the summer, you can do so online – just click the orange button above and to the right. We may not respond with your class placement immediately (Lindsey will be out of country July 2-24) but registrations will be processed in the order received, and we will be in touch as soon as we can.

As of June 30, our morning 3yo classes are full with a waitlist.

You can email questions to info@canmorepreschool.com. We will check email approximately once a week during the summer. If you require urgent assistance you can call our volunteer Board Chairperson, Rachel Lippitt – (403) 675-4045.

You may now submit your registration for 2017-2018 by clicking on the orange button above and to the right.

Families who attend our AGM & Registration Night at 7pm, March 1st, at the Holiday Inn (1 Silvertip Trail, Nakiska Room) are placed in classes before those who do not attend. So please remember to come to the meeting! We will keep it short and sweet.

After the AGM, registration is first come first served, if there are still spaces available.

Before we can make class lists in March, we need to have a full board of volunteers for 2017-2018. Here are descriptions of available positions. Board members’ children are guaranteed their class placement, and it fulfills your volunteer hours, so give us a call to join the board!

Spaces still available in morning classes for children with birthdays in 2013! We call theses “3yo” classes, but the age cutoff follows the calendar year the same as Canadian Rockies Public Schools, so children will begin turning 4 in January. You can register now to begin attending after winter break on January 10th.

Please click the button in the upper right to submit your forms and registration fee online.